Pelicans’ Zion Williamson weighs a reported 330 kilos

Zion Williamson turned a trending subject on Twitter Wednesday when the Pelicans star appeared bulkier than ordinary in a viral picture.

He was photographed on the sideline in the course of the Pelicans’ loss to the Rockets on Friday, wearing a purple Jordan sweatsuit.

ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported that Williamson, working his method again from a surgical repaired fractured foot, weighs 330 kilos.

“The quantity I’ve heard from a number of locations on Zion is 70 kilos greater than 260. I’ll allow you to do the mathematics on that,” MacMahon stated on “The Lowe Put up” podcast Tuesday.

The Pelicans’ official roster lists his weight at 284 kilos.

Williamson, who not too long ago suffered a slight setback in his return to full workforce actions, has but to play a recreation this season.

Wednesday, an obvious good friend of Williamson’s shared a photograph of the Jordan-brand athlete at a go to to a youth basketball occasion, and known as the thrill about his weight “pretend information.”

The Duke product was scheduled to apply with the Pelicans Dec. 2, however reportedly experienced foot soreness, pushing again his restoration. There isn’t a timetable for his return with the Pelicans are sitting at 7-19.

Even earlier than he entered the NBA, Williamson’s weight was a subject of dialogue. Some critics questioned if he’d have the ability to deal with an 82-game season because of his dimension, particularly being a dunk-heavy participant.

In late November, the Pelicans had made strikes to enhance Williamson’s weight loss plan by altering among the group’s culinary practices, in keeping with ESPN.

Williamson has performed 85 video games over his first two seasons in New Orleans.

Z got here via and checked my guys out this weekend👻💪🏾..Y’all gotta loosen up with the pretend information about his weight..People have a bizarre obsession with seeing folks “fail” pic.twitter.com/b0LJ1YCfmS

— Jae Neville (@WorldOrderJae) December 8, 2021

The Pelicans host the Nuggets on Wednesday.